Combined plow, gondola, and ballast car.



. A. CAMPBELL.

COMBINED PLOW, GONDOLA, AND BALLAST GAR.

i APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8. 1913.

1,125,959. Patented Ja11.26, 1915.

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mi) STATES PATENT FFIIE.

AEGYLE CAMPBELL, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 ENTERIPRISE RAILWAYEQUIPMENT COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

. Application led September 8, 1913. Serial No. 788,524.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Anernn CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States,residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Plow, Gondola, andBallast Cars, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in combined plow, gondola andballast cars.

An object of the invention is to provide a dump car which may be easilyinterchanged for use as either a plow car, gondola car or ballast car.

Another object of the inventionis to provide a `carof the type aboveindicated which is of strong, rigid and durable v construction; in whichthe sections of the floor located above the hoppers may be readilydisplaced to occupy a position below the floor level of the car to vformthe bottoms of the hopper-s; in which the mechanism for holding thepivotedv sides of the car in locked position serve to positively cam thesides while being locked; in which the locking mechanism for the'pivotedsides of the car is so arranged that it does not project beyond thesides of the car and is protected;

in which the arrangement is such that when the car is used as a ballastcar,the tops of the hoppers are open to their full width, that is, fromthe center sill to the car sides; and in which the first Vcost of thecar is materially reduced by having the floor sections over the hoppersserve the double function of floors and bottoms ofthe hoppers.

The invention furthermore consists in the improvements in the parts-anddevices and in the novel combinations and arrangements of the parts anddevices as herein shown, described or claimed. y

In the drawing forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a topplan view of approximately a half of a car embodying my improvements.Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the structure illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal, vertical section taken substantially lon theline 3-3 of Fig 1. Fig 4 is an end view of the improved car. Fig. 5 is atransverse, vertical section taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Fig.

l, the displaceable floor section on the lefthand side of the car asshown in Fig. 5 being arranged in a position to form the bottom of thehopper and the floor section on the right-hand side of the car as shownin Fig. 5 occupying a position to form a portion of the car licor, andFig. 6 is a detail of the mechanism for closing the swinging y sides ofthe car.

`.the side stakes, side doors 14. The underframe of the car, as shown,comprises a box-like center sill 15, end-sills 16, body bolsters `17,transverse diaphragms 18 and side girders 19. As shown more clearly in Fig. 5, the transverse diaphragms 18 are each provided with downwardlyextending, triangular-shaped portions 20 to thereby form the end hoppersheets of the hoppers located intermediate the trucks.Extendinglongitudinally of the car and from one transverse diaphragm toanother are Z-bars 21 arranged as shown in Fig. 5, the lower ends ofwhich form supports for the displaceable oor sections 11 when the latterare positioned as shown on the left-hand side of Fig. 5 where saidsections form the bottoms of the hoppers. Each hopper is also providedwith a hinged door` 22 pivoted at its upper edge to the center sill andoperated by mechanism comprising links 28 and 24, drum 25 and commonlongitudinally extending shafts 26, the latter, at their ends, beingprovided with worm gears 27 operated by worms on transversely extendingshafts 28, the latter having hand levers 29 thereon, see Fig. 2. As willbe understood, bythe worm and worm gear arrangement for operating thehopper doors 22 as above described, said doors may be held in anydesired open position to thereby regulate the streams of vballastdropped from the car while the latter is moving as is customary inballasting roadbeds. Secured to the diaphragm 18 are angle irons 30 and31 which form the edges of the end hopper sheets and provide abutmentsfor the floor sections 11 and hopper doors respectively.

As clearly Shown in Fig. 5, the displaceable floor sections 11, when inposition to form a portion of the floor, are supported at their outeredges on suitable angle irons 32 and at the inner edges on alongitudinally extending plank 33 on which is secured a i narrowerlongitudinally extending plank 34, the latter forming with the former anotch or rabbet so that the iioor sections when in place will be iiushwith the plank 34. If desired, the floor sections 11 may be attached tothe car by chains 35 to prevent misplacement or loss of the same. K

Eachy of the pivoted side sections or doors 14 has its hinge buttsextended and each is provided with a loop 36 at the lower edge, theouter portion of which loop forms a cam surface for coperation withU-shaped loops 37 fixed to the longitudinally extending shafts 38 oneach side of the car. As will be understood, when the shafts 38 arerotated by the levers 39 at the ends thereof (see Fig. 4), to close thedoors, the members 37 thereon will cam and positively force the pivotedside doors 14 to Vclosed position and securely hold the same. As

most clearly shown in Fig. 5, the shafts 38 are located within an angleformed by a portion of the car floor and the side girders 19, wherebythe side door operating mechanism is protected from injury and none ofthe parts thereof extend outside of the planes of the car sides.

As shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the boards forming the iioorsections 11 are held together by straps 40 and forV convenience inhandling said sections, the same are provided with hand grips 41.

The car at its ends is provided with pivoted end doors 42 adapted to beswung out over the ends of the car or inwardly in the usual manner toadapt the car for plow service. When the car is used as a hopper orballast car, wooden partitions 43 will be placed at the ends of thehopper section as shown in Fig. 1,said.partitions being held in place ingrooves 44 formed in the side stakes at this point.

From the preceding description, it will be seen that the car may beeasily adapted for service as either a plow car, gondola car or ballastcar and also that when used as a ballast car the full capacity of thecar above the hoppers is obtained, inasmuch as the displaceable floorsections are moved to a position below the iioor level to form thebottoms of the hoppers and thus do not occupy any space above the floor.At the same time, the fullopening of the hoppers is maintained.

Although I have yherein shown and described what I now consider thelpreferred embodiment of my improvements, yet it will be understood thatvarious changes and modifications may be made without depart ing fromthe spirit of the invention'and all -contents of the car through theswinging doors, substantially as specified.

2. A combined plow, gondola, and4 ballast carhaving swinging side doors,a fiat iioor comprising bodily yremovable sections, and means beneaththe iioor for supporting said sections in inclined position to form ahopper, said means comprising swinging hopper doorspivoted adjacent thelongitudinal axis of said car and adapted, when open, to direct thecontents of the car adjacent and within the rails of a track,substantiallyas specified.

3. A car of the lcharacter described hav` ing hoppers intermediate thetrucks and displaceable :door sections above the hoppers, the latterbeing adapted to occupy a position below the floor level to form thevbottoms of the hoppers and each hopper having a longitudinally extendingZ-bar at the bottom thereof for supporting said floor sections when thelatter form vthe bottoms of the hoppers, substantially as speciiied.

4. A car of the character described comf prising a car body having ahopper section between the trucks and provided witha fiat iioorthroughout, each hopper in thehopper section having a swinging centerdump door rand the floor of the car over the hoppers' being composedof aplurality of bodily displaceable floor-sections, one iioor section foreach hopper, said iioorsections being adapt- Y ed to be placed below theiioor level of the car in downwardly and inwardly inclined positions toform the bottoms of said hoppers, and means for supporting said floorsections in said inclined positions.

5. A combined plow, gondola and ballast car having swinging side doorsprovided with a flat floor to thereby adapt the car for use with a plow,said oar havingka-hopper section between the trucks, the oor over saidhopper section comprising bodily displaceable floor sections, and meansfor supporting said iioor sections inA an inclined position below thefloor level to form the bottoms of the hoppers, each hopper having aswinginghop'per door pivoted yto the car center sill.

6. In a car of the characterdescribeia y car body having an under-frameincludinga center sill and a plurality of transverse diaphragins,"thecar being provided also with said diaphragms serving as the end hoppersheets of the hoppers.

Signed this 3rd day of September, 1913, in the presence of twoWitnesses.

ARGYLE CAMPBELL.

VVitnesSes:

JOSEPH HARRIS, WILLIAM A. GEIGER.

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Washington, D. C.

